Suspect Apprehended Thursday in Little Hunting Creek Domestic Violence Case: Police

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- A man wanted for a domestic-related abduction Thursday morning in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County has turned himself into police. A police investigation began when officers were called to the area of Richmond Highway and Cooper Road around 8:30 Thursday morning to meet with the victim of an alleged abduction.

The woman told officers 34-year-old Curtis Watson of New Carrollton, Md. had been waiting for her outside her home on Little Hunting Creek, police said. She had taken the estranged couple’s six-month old baby girl to her car and put her in a child safety seat. Detectives believe Watson then grabbed the victim, took her inside her home and tied her up; leaving the baby in the car, police said.

After a period of time, he took the victim, while still bound, back out to her car and put her in the back seat, according to police. He drove her around for about an hour and then drove back to her home. Watson got out of the car to get something he had left in the yard, telling the victim not to move and inferred he had a knife, according to police.

The woman managed to free herself and get into the driver’s seat and drive away, police said. When Watson realized the victim had escaped, he ran away.

Officers, including K9 and the Fairfax 1 helicopter, quickly saturated the area, searching for the suspect. A regional lookout was sent and detectives from FCPD's Fugitive section assisted in the search. A short time ago, Watson turned himself in to Prince George’s County Police in Maryland.

One of FCPD's Domestic Violence detectives obtained a total of nine warrants: five felonies and four misdemeanors related to Thursday's incident. Watson will be processed and brought back to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center where the warrants will be served.

Police were called to this area Thursday morning for domestic-related abduction incident (Google maps):

PHOTO of suspect courtesy of FCPD